Too much kale and those damn cats!

Is it possible to have too much kale? Yes we have found, 3 beds of it have exceeded our needs, and we are deciding whether to juice it all, then freeze the juice into ice cubes to add to smoothies during the winter. Mind you that will be a lot of juicing to do one of these days. But the success of the kale has taken us by surprise to be honest, and it is so lovely to eat, I have it raw in salads, really finely chopped up, R steams his, and we both juice it for green juices with a punch.

Mizano greens were pulled up today, they quickly went to seed, too quickly for our liking, so we won’t be bothering again with them, especially as we could only eat a couple of leaves at a time. The taste of them was too powerful for us to deal with.

We have been discovering wild lettuce whilst out walking, they have these little prongs on their leaves, which make them a bit uncomfortable to eat raw, so we have steamed them. They are so much stronger than shop bought green leaves in taste, that it really takes some getting used to, you don’t realise how much agriculture has taken the taste out of food until you go wild in the country!

The allotment is going well, although a lot of work, which R is mainly doing, as I am still not well since the kidney infection! Lots of naturopathic techniques are coming into play, including skin brushing to keep the lymph moving, and thin, castor oil packing my liver when its congested, lots of enemas to keep that route of elimination clear, and magnesium oil baths which I have to admit I have become addicted to. I can recommend magnesium oil for relaxing in a bath, I am sleeping really well after it, but make sure your routes of elimination are open, as it could well cause you more problems.

Finally we are getting fed up with next doors cat, which loves our newly dug, soft soil, to use as a toilet, and we keep losing seeds and new shoots to it. We have taken to leaving the dog in the garden on guard of our precious veg that it keeps digging up. I am taking a real dislike to cats I really am!